Police asked not to arrest govt officials without proof
The police have decided not to arrest any government officials and employees without exact information and evidence in cases centring the student-led mass uprising and also...
Tags : MASS UPRISING
Making of July uprising
THE success of a mass uprising depends on the indomitable courage and steadfastness of its revolutionary soldiers. Just as a successful uprising requires fearless individuals, it also needs...
US delegation led by Donald Lu due Saturday
Dhaka is ready to host a comprehensive and multi-faceted discussion as it welcomes the first US high level delegation on Saturday following the formation of the interim government, led by...
Remaining 26 pardoned Bangladeshi migrants return from UAE
The remaining 26 Bangladeshi migrants who have been granted a pardon by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, returned on Friday.
RAB arrests Liton Akand from Jatrabari over attack on students
RAB-3 has arrested Liton Akand and his two associates from Jatrabari in Dhaka for their involvement in attacks on students and the public during the recent student-led mass uprising.
RAB arrests inspector for involvement in burning students鈥� bodies in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 on Friday arrested inspector Arafat Hossain for his involvement in burning bodies of students and common people in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5, reports UNB.
Ex-MP Nayeb Ali placed on 4-day remand
A Jhenaidah court on Friday placed former Awami League lawmaker for Jhenaidah-1 constituency Nayeb Ali Joarder on four-day remand in two separate cases on allegations of...
The last smile at mother
He stopped short for a while only to glance back at his mother with a smile before stepping out of the house near Dhupkhola field in Old Town of Dhaka at about...
LGRD bars Shahid from acting as DWASA MD
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives on Thursday directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority deputy managing director AKM Shahid Uddin to cease functioning as the organisation鈥檚 managing director....
Switzerland to cooperate in repatriating illegal assets of Bangladesh nationals
Switzerland pledged to fully cooperate in repatriating illegal money deposited by Bangladeshi nationals in Swiss banks, in accordance with international standards and procedures...
鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� formed, Nahid says
鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� has been formed with chief adviser of interim government Muhammad Yunus as its president and Mir Mugdho鈥檚 twin brother Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho as secretary.
Inu, Menon, Palak, ex-IGP Mamun sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon, ex-state minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to jail in expiry of their remand period.
BNP hopes Yunus鈥� reforms to be accomplished soon
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday said that the party hoped that the reforms announced by the chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus would be accomplished quickly to...
Ex-IGP Mamun shown arrested in 4 more murder cases
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has been shown arrested in four more cases filed over killings that have taken place in the capital during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.
Towards July 36
JAMES C Scott, who passed away on July 19 this year, was a prominent political scientist and anthropologist known for his interdisciplinary work platforming the ways ordinary people resist domination, emphasising the value of local knowledge, hidden transcripts of resistance, and the limits of centralised power. To me, the character is vehemently...
A major challenge ahead
THE student-led July mass uprising for a democratic political and economic order, which culminated in the ouster of the brutally authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina from power, forcing her to flee the country and take refuge in India, the hegemonic neighbour that patronised Hasina to cling to power without proper people鈥檚 mandate for years, has installed an 鈥榠nterim government鈥�, led by globally known Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to fix the order 鈥� if not fully democratise the state...
Bangladesh interim govt chief unveils reforms plan
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday announced the formation six commissions with appointment of six eminent citizens as their heads considering their experience in the respective fields...
Ex-IGP Shahidul sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former inspector general of the police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque to jail in a case filed over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capital鈥檚 New Market area during the recent student-led mass uprising.
625 killed, 18,380 injured in mass uprising: health services secy
A total of 625 people have lost their lives and 18,380 have been injured during the student-led mass uprising, senior secretary MA Akmal Hossain Azad of the Health Services Division said on Wednesday.
One more bullet-hit dies at CMH
One more bullet injured person during student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Monday night.
Mother wants聽state to recognise son鈥檚 sacrifice
Bibi Ayesha had toiled day and night as a household services worker to rear her four children in Dhaka, the city she had hardly known.
Five more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Five more cases 鈥� one on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, three on murder charges and one on attempt to murder charge 鈥� have been filed against...
Govt to honour 'martyrs of July uprising' on Sept 14
The interim government of Bangladesh will honour the martyrs of the students-people uprising on September 14....
2 policemen arrested for killing Abu Sayeed during students' protest in Rangpur
Two members of the Rangpur Metropolitan Police were arrested by the Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and...
Father to never call little daughter 鈥榤y princess鈥�
Clothing trader Muhammad Zan Sharif will never anymore call his eight-year-old daughter Zara 鈥榤y princess鈥� as a bullet took his life during the student movement for quota reforms in...
鈥楤uk Petechhi Guli Kor鈥� under way at Drik
A 16-DAY group photography exhibition titled Buk Petechhi Guli Kor is under way at Drik Gallery...
Little Tasfia left orphaned
Bappy Ahmed loved his daughter Tasfia, four years and a half old, so much that he used to take her wherever he went and would do anything to make her every wish come true.
Three more murder cases filed against Hasina, aides
The latest filing of three murder cases takes the total cases to at least 105 brought against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her cabinet and party colleagues on murder charges...
Govt to look after families of those killed in uprising, Nahid says
Bangladesh's interim government information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam on Thursday said that the government had the responsibility to look after the families of the people who were killed during the students-led mass uprising.
Students to hold `shaheedi march鈥� today
Students under the platform of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Wednesday announced that they would hold the 鈥楽haheedi March鈥� today across the country marking the one-month of ousting of the Awami League government by the student-led mass uprising...
